What does this brand sell?
Armed Angels are sick of the fast fashion industry’s indifference and disrespect to the environment, and therefore they focus on using materials with high quality, durability and sustainability. All raw materials as well as finished products are traceable, and in their new innovative circular tees, you can scan the NFC tag sewn into the sleeve, called circularity.ID®, to see information regarding producers and fabric composition. Through using alternative, recycled, and upcycled raw materials, increasing transparency, donating to various environmental and societal causes, as well as using their voices to demand political change, Armed Angels hopes to make our future more climate-friendly.
Testing a closed loop for textiles under real conditions, allowing to establish a circular infrastructure beyond the project‘s pilot phase
Replaced leather patches with jacron-patches made from paper.
No chemical discharge, no use of fossil fuels.
Zero water waste, no fossil fuels (achieved), no chemical discharge (achieved), waste, unaccountability (achieved) and injustice by 2030.
Stop Slavery Award 2021
Shop Usability Award 2021
Fairtrade Award 2012
There is no physical shop available.
There is no physical shop available.
Packaging is made from grass
ArmedAngels have donated to various causes, such as almost 25k euro’s to the Bangladeshi National Garment Workers Federation to support factory workers and their families during the pandemic and 3% for climate protection organizations when German VAT was reduced.
Partnership with Climate Partner to reduce carbon emissions.
Fairtrade (organic cotton), Fair Wear Foundation, Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) for colouring, Global Recycled Standard (GRS).
Packaging is made from grass
ArmedAngels have donated to various causes, such as almost 25k euro’s to the Bangladeshi National Garment Workers Federation to support factory workers and their families during the pandemic and 3% for climate protection organizations when German VAT was reduced.
Partnership with Climate Partner to reduce carbon emissions.
Fairtrade (organic cotton), Fair Wear Foundation, Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) for colouring, Global Recycled Standard (GRS).
Wool – mainly from Argentina
Cotton – India, France, Turkey
Synthetic fibres – at partner Lenzing in Austria
Design – Germany
Production – Turkey, Portugal, Romania (pants) and Tunisia (denim)
53% of production takes place in EU countries.
Organic cotton t-shirt = EUR 29.90
Organic cotton sweater = EUR 79.90
Circular denim = from EUR 99.90
Data were collected from various business practises, showing that they emitted 238.22 tons of CO2-equivalent between May 2019 and April 2020. These emissions included their Headquarter (electricity, heat, water consumption, paper consumption, print products, and waste), their daily duty stroke, all business trips via train, plane, and by car as well as company cars, the provision of B2B and B2C online shops, and finally the emissions of their showrooms. Renewable energy is used in their headquarters and for their online shop, and carbon is offset through a partnership with Climate Partner. They encourage their staff to use bikes and/or public transport or work from home, by offering them memberships to public transport and bike repair services.
By using alternative and regenerative fibers, over 1.3 million kg of CO2 equivalent has been saved compared to generic and conventional fibers.
Also, the packaging is made from grass, a material that produces far less CO2 than wood.
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By using recycled and circular materials, water is saved as well as energy and fossil fuels. By using the alternative and regenerative fibers, almost 1.3 billion liters of water have been saved compared to generic and conventional fibers. Practices that reduce water usage continuously develop, such as the use of dry dyeing products, a waterless process, reducing water consumption by 40% compared to conventional dyeing processes.
Lastly, the packaging is made from grass, a material that uses considerably less water than wood.
The wool comes from sheep farms that are mulesing-free (removal of skin from tail area to prevent infestation with fly maggots).
Through using organic cotton, as well as advocating for cotton farmers to use regenerative and organic practices, they help restore biodiversity.
Armed Angels aims to reduce the large amount of trash produced by the fashion industry through circular fashion – e.g. their circular denim and t-shirts made from discarded products. You can send them your old Armed Angels t-shirts or denim so they can turn it into new products.
On their website, you will also find learning materials and guides to repair your garments if they are broken. They advocate for upcycling and repairing textiles to conserve our resources.
Packaging consists of 40% grass and 60% FSC certified wood. Grass produces 75% less CO2 than wood.
No harmful chemicals such as synthetic pesticides, hazardous fertilizers or toxic bleach are used in the production process. Denim is dyed using innovative Dry Indigo (R) dyeing technologies using no water.
Armed Angels are committed to fair working conditions and fair pay for all people that are part of the supply chain – from the cotton farmers in India, and seamstresses in Turkey to the designers in Germany. The entire price split of one of their products can be found in their action report, which also shows that workers in Portugal receive an average of 14,855.00 euros in annual wages.
They also help to make organic cotton grow within the fashion industry, by partnering with Suminter to invest in organic and regenerative farming and bringing biodiversity back. They are helping over 500 small-scale farmers in India to convert from conventional cotton to organic cotton, e.g. providing them with high-quality GMO-free seeds, training, and technical support.
Various causes have been supported by Armed Angels through donations, including Rainforest protection efforts, Doctors Without Borders, Sea-Watch, and the League of Conservation Voters initiative in 2020.